United States Drug Enforcement Administration

(NEW YORK) - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Aaron Ford, the Special Agent in Charge of the Newark Office of the Federal Bureau of...

(BROOKLYN, N.Y.) - Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, announced today the filing and settlement of a civil action by the United States against New York...

(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) Yesterday, federal authorities in Rochester announced that a significant international synthetic drug trafficking ring was successfully infiltrated. In the Rochester area, eight defendants were charged by criminal complaint for their participation in the conspiracy to import and distribute significant quantities of Methylone, also known as "Molly," a Schedule...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge, New York Division and Bridget G. Brennan New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor, announced today that Dr. Robert S. Gibbs, Sr., a licensed internal medicine physician, pleaded guilty to illegally selling prescriptions for powerful narcotic painkillers...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Jonathan Hoang, of San Jose, California, pleaded guilty in Federal court on September 16, 2013, to charges of impersonating a U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) special agent and Securities Fraud, announced Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Melinda Haag. Hoang, 48...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge, New York Division and Bridget G. Brennan New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor, announced today the sentencing of Robert Whitfield, formerly a Correction Officer with the New York City Department of Correction, to eight years in...

NEW YORK - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, and Special Agent in Charge...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brian R. Crowell and Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced that Marvin L. Korn MD of 88 West Garden Road, Larchmont, New York was arraigned today on a Felony Complaint charging him with three counts of Criminal Sale...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lida Amin, 39, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Dublin, Calif., was arrested Wednesday in Prague, Czech Republic, by Czech authorities pursuant to a U.S. request for her provisional arrest with a view toward extradition, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - - The leader of a major heroin distribution network and twelve associates based in Syracuse, NY have been arrested as part of a three month investigation. Reinaldo Santos was arrested yesterday, August 26th after a two day enforcement operation spearheaded by the High Intensity Drug Trafficking (HIDTA)...